rootbound

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adjective

1. (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots
• Syn:
potbound
• Similar to:
planted
2. having the roots matted or densely tangled
- "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"- William Faulkner
• Similar to:
tangled